Looking for a small deck but with long wheelbase which is the best?

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What deck has longest wb while still being compact enough?

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deck wise if you want slightly shorter, a misfortune is a shorter narrower fortune 33.5 x 9.25 inches with a 24.75 inch skateboard wheelbase a loaded truncated tesseract is 33 x 9.5 inches with a 26 inch skateboard wheelbaseā€¦

neither have a flat base, but both are awesome decks.

hi5ber have a narrow/smaller DH deck the rebel but it is still 35 inchesā€¦

Iā€™d go with the trucated tesseract, Iā€™m thinking of adding one to my quiverā€¦

https://loadedboards.com/html5video/truncated.webm

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Rayne Brightside :heart_eyes:

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but for length it is 2 inches longer than the Loaded Truncated Tesseract and the wheel base is 3.5 inches shorter?

in the comp. of bolt holes closest to nose & tail the trunc. tess. wins no?

(& 9.25 width is just too narrow for me)

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Truncated is only 1 inch shorter than the brightside(34"). But you can drill the front and tail for more wheelbase easily

Either wayā€¦ Thereā€™s options out thereā€¦ didnā€™t mean to step on toes @Cobber.

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no toes squashed bro, I just canā€™t ā€œthinkā€ of a deck with truck mounts closer to the nose and tailā€¦ please prove me wrong dude? :wink:

and as I said 9.25 is too narrow for my cave man feet so I am biased

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Oxelo fishtail

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You probably already saw this, just thought I would toss it in.

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Iā€™m very happy with my Landyacht Mummyboard . Turns on a dime, no wheel bite, nice grip. 15lbs all in, 10s2p battery, single motor.

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The Powell-Peralta Lance Mountain Resissue is short (30.5") but has a huge tail and a long wheelbase and is rather stable at high-speed

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Nice! I just received my Powell Peralta Mike McGil reissue! Iā€™m pairing that with the 10s5p from DIYEboard, which should arrive soon. Iā€™ll share the build when I have more of it together. So glad you mentioned the Lance Mountain option, it encouraged me to look into an old/new PP board like I use to ride as a kid back in the 80s. BTW, the McGil has one of the longest wheelbases in the PP reissue line at 16.625". The longest is the Jay Smith at 17.25" (https://www.skateone.com/powell-peralta-jay-smith-model-reissue-white-skateboard-deck-10-x-30-25)

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If u have some money and want a high quality build thatā€™s a bit shorter Iā€™d take a look at this boi (https://www.sickboards.nl/en/longboards/10417-bossa-platform-28-rio-deck-only.html#/232-flex-light) Iā€™ve been neglecting to ebordify it because I like kickpushing it so much XD.

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That Powell-Peralta Bones Brigade Mike McGill Skull and Snake is the best or one of the best decks in the world for esk8, in my opinion. The Powell-Peralta Bones Brigade Lance Mountain Future Primitive is pretty close or equalā€¦

The super-wide front, put some traditional kingpin trucks on there and those are stable even up to high speeds ā€“ and theyā€™re shortboards with big tails that are super-easy to carry. What else could you ask for? I have those and tailless longboards and those are better by far.

@sk8l8r swears by the Lush Machine deck which I have yet to try but it looks dopeā€¦

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The front of that Bossa is dope af, maybe even more than the Mike McGill Skull and Snake, but the lack of a huge tail is a missed opportunity and a deal-breaker. (Yes, I see the short tail that probably doesnā€™t even really work to pick up a 20+ lb board.)

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Awesome. Yeah, it is super wide, and has a nice concave. Itā€™s deep which might challenge attaching the enclosure, but others have used extra foam, which Iā€™ll try as well. I just installed my Tail Bone tonight and it looks so cool! I ordered an authentic old school nose guard also, and went crazy with a new helmet and some light elbow and knee pads. I canā€™t wait!

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Yeah Iā€™ll have to agree with you there. Although we should note itā€™s original intention, which is not to be a short board deck at all, so that may be why has missed the ball there (itā€™s playing a whole different game). My favorite part would definitely be the flex. That is something ill-found in the shortboard market. All in all maybe not what your looking for but interesting nonetheless

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Check the landyachtz line up. Heres a fiew 30-33" boards with around 22 to 24 wheelbases.

http://landyachtz.com/boards/cruisers/canyon-arrow-lighthouse

http://landyachtz.com/boards/downhill-freeride-series/gambler

Really diggin this battle axe tooā€¦in a diff deck design tho

Http://landyachtz.com/boards/line-launch/battle-axe-35-chill-bird

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Try Coyote at loadedboards

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Coyote, LoadedBoards